[Dataloss] UK dataloss (Lloyds TSB bank)

[Henry Brown]

 From Computer Weekly

http://tinyurl.com/yqque2
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Lloyds TSB has sent a letter to customers warning them that their 
computers may have been exposed to a Trojan horse, but a customer has 
complained of a lack of detail from the bank.

The bank's Fraud Response Team sent letters to some customers in 
December after it received a tip-off from payments association APACs, 
acting on intelligence from a law enforcement agency.

"Lloyds TSB has been recently advised that your computer may have been 
infected with a virus. This virus is specifically designed to steal 
personal information including credit card and your internet login 
details," warned the letter. "This virus can be difficult to detect and 
you may have downloaded this unknowingly. It can compromise your use of 
the internet banking service on your PC including your Lloyds TSB 
passwords and memorable information."
(...)

Lloyds said a small number of customers received the letter but would 
not give details of the exact number, the type of Trojan or how it 
discovered the information.

Lloyds TSB said, "We received intelligence from a law enforcement agency 
via Apacs that a very small number of UK consumers might have been 
exposed to a Trojan horse programme and that some of these were Lloyds 
TSB customers."

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